The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-28
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An Interesting Letter From AIahIOn
Stubs, Now Located at East Las
Vegas
EAST LAS VEGAS, n. Nj. July %,
1S87.-Mr. HarrlS-Dear Sir: I ar
rived here yesterday morning, as near
ly worn out as ever was, but with no
broken bones for self or horse, but We
had one smashup at Newton by the
train breaking in two near the center,
and when the rear cars struck the for
ward ones it was like young earth
quake. l was sitting on bale of hay,
and by some means the hay went from
under me and l was left sitting on
nothing for perhaps the sixteenth part
of second, and then something struck
me which 1 soon recognized as the
floor of the car. 1t also jerked the hair
| for the space of one inch off of my
mares forehead. This was our dam
age, but the railroad company's was
more-five broken cars and damaged
| engine. So we had to be pulled back to
| the depot in the rain and lay there five
hours for repairs and another engine.
| From Hutchinson TO st. Johns the
crops of corn and oats were both good
| for this year. From here on, however,
| the crops were poor until we neared
| Garden City, where they were better,
and from there this way there was evil
dence Of more rain.
When we arrived at Coolidge we had
the disgusting privilege of being side
tracked for several hours. In fact, we
''kinder'' got used to that sort of recre-
alton before we got here, as we had
about twenty hours of that kind of eX-
perience, next to the last, and was on a
sidetrack Just after coming through
the Ration tunnel, at an elevation OF
over 1000 feet, in a thunder storm.
But of course had good company, as l
was alone in stock car with my
horse. The scenery was grand beyond
description, as ] seemed to be almost
in the clouds in place of having them
far above me. From Ratoon on this
way the evidence of rain in abundance
was apparent. ] saw hundreds Of acres
of oats about waist high and very
thick on the grOund-raised without IL
rigation and not ripe enough to cut
and corn was looking well, not much
higher than the oats. But | suppose
the soil must be very rich, as it was
shooting out the tassel at that height
find that the season is much short
er here than in Kansas. This has been
an unusually wet season in New Next
co and Colorado, large ponds of water
standing on the high prairies and
the grass looking green and nice. II
will no doubt surprise the sweating
Kansans when say that 1 was toe
cold in the car on Friday morning
the I'D of July, with my overcoat on
: and was glad to have the sun shine OF
me. The nights are certainly delight
full. Last night we slept under asheet
blanket and quilt. Now, | don't want
any of my Emporia friends to accuse
, me of not telling the truth, for they say
Gen. Washington could not lie. l could
but won't. We are nicely domicile6
in East Las Vegas, and 1 have no
been here long enough to say mncl
about this place, and the Hot SPRING
, l will leave that for another time.
have received several copies of TIL
NEWS, which seems like getting let
| ter from home. Please send TIL
, NEWS to East Las Vegas in place o.
Las Vegas, as now L have to go ont
mile after it. Yours truly,
VERDANT.